Engineers at ULC are helping utilities splice cables using a specially designed robot that carries out a complex precision operation, freeing operators up for other tasks.
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The government has awarded funding to National Grid and the developers of two offshore wind farms to explore the feasibility of coordinating their transmission connections with a new ‘bootstrap’ link in the North Sea. The North Falls and Five Estuaries projects are both extensions to existing wind farms off the east coast of England – Greater Gabbard and Galloper respectively.
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Following a recent roundtable with regional mayors, Ofgem chief executive Jonathan Brearley gives his thoughts on accelerating the transition to net zero at a local level. Writing for Utility Week, Brearley argues that there is a “once in a generation opportunity to transform the way energy is planned and delivered at a local and national level”.
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Energie AG is using a private communications system from Westermo to connect assets across the country including in mountainous and rural terrain, meaning the utility is no longer subject to the whims of public operators.
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The highest level of government funding will be available for employers offering three new power-related apprenticeships. The three new apprenticeships have been developed by Energy & Utility Skills (EUSP) in collaboration with the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education (IfATE). They include: power industry overhead linesperson, substation fitter and cable jointer.
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The government will tell the Future Systems Operator (FSO) to use seven-day cold snaps as its basis for assessing whether the UK has sufficient gas supplies to meet peak demand, under new proposals. The timeframe is contained in a paper, published by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), which outlines a proposed a new methodology for assessing gas supply security by the soon to be established FSO.
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Ofgem is among the key regulators namechecked by Parliament’s spending watchdog for not yet adopting climate change resilience standards. A new report from the National Audit Office (NAO) into cross-government efforts to boost resilience to extreme weather events says this requires a "whole of society" approach.
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UK Power Networks was a double winner at the Utility Week Awards 2023, including bagging the coveted Utility of the Year title. See a full rundown of all the winners from the big night.
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Senior flexible energy experts a major energy retailers have labelled granular ANM data an "important missing link" in the development of demand side flexibility markets and called on DSOs to work harder on making this information publicly available.
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National Grid Electricity System Operator (ESO) has set itself a “challenging” go-live date of 1 January 2025 to implement its “first ready, first connected” connections reforms. The ESO has confirmed that it is progressing with its recommended model to tackle the connections queue backlog, which now stands at 420GW of generation projects seeking to connect.
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Yü Energy is a specialist business energy provider providing utilities to over 30,000 businesses. Yü is now using paper-based communications from CFH to meet legislative requirements and offer communication choices to clients in an increasingly digital world.
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Utility Week Live 2024 will return on 21-22 May, with a host of new zones and features designed to unite stakeholders in the transition to a digitally enabled, net zero future, under the new strapline ‘Accelerate Delivery’. UWL24 will introduce a variety of new features including the Local Government Pavilion showcasing decarbonisation plans from local authorities, the Energy Flexibility stage bringing you 2 days of content dedicated to the emerging markets and the RoboTech Demo Zone providing live demonstrations of the latest artificial intelligence, automation and robotics revolutionising utilities.
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